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...Robert Altman is the voice of America's edge, a director who often pretends sympathy with subjects, but who is essentially a misanthrope, a man who takes a not-so-secret pleasure in seeing people's dreams and schemes crushed to earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prairie Home Miscalculation | 6/9/2006 | See Source »

...cast, has the true Keillorian spirit, which is simply to use a kind of perpetual perkiness to elbow aside the surrounding dread (or at least darkness). I'm guessing, of course, but I suspect that's a spirit that she found in herself, that it's not something Altman coaxed out of her. There's no evidence, anywhere else in the film, that he is doing much more than making set-ups, mainly tracking shots, which give the film a restless, unsettled air that annoys the eye far more frequently than it pleases it. Mostly, the actors are left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prairie Home Miscalculation | 6/9/2006 | See Source »

...Royce writes, “and what Cambridge tickets I got I didn’t pay.”Still, some undergraduates complained that the enforcement amounted to a vendetta against student motorists, driven by angry Cantabrigian natives and a hostile local police force. Louis Altman, then a student at Harvard Law School, sent a letter to the Cambridge Police Chief detailing his claims of police discrimination. Only cars belonging to students or those with out-of-state plates were ticketed, he claimed, which violated “a clause in the Constitution of the United States which requires...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Car Crunch | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

...medal. During the interview, Durang discussed the inception of his play writing interest and the complaints his work has received over the years. He talked about his latest project, “Adrift in Macao,” a film noir parody, and his squabble with famed director Robert Altman, calling his film adaptation of Durang’s “Beyond Therapy,” “ghastly” and “really awful.” Durang also provided insight into his personal writing style and gave aspiring writers in the audience...

Author: By Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Durang ’71 Honored At 14th Annual Arts Festival | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...seemingly have no relation come together and I’m anticipating how this experiment will turn out.” After one major success (“Gosford Park”) and one major dud (“The Company”), this one should put director Robert Altman back on the map. Oh right, and Lindsay Lohan is in it. Any combination of Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan has to be entertaining. Nuff said.Superman ReturnsDue Out: June 30Many seem to be revving up to see the third and final insIf people are disappointed that Spider...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Long, Hot Summer Flicks | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

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